SANTA CLARA, Calif. — April 14, 2016 — Palo Alto Networks® (NYSE: PANW), the next-generation security company, today announced that Sielte SpA, a cloud-based information and communication technology (ICT) service provider with operations spanning Italy, Spain, Romania and Nigeria, chose the Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Security Platform to satisfy customer demands for managed security services that successfully prevent cyberattacks.
Sielte currently supports approximately 500 customers, encompassing about 10,000 devices and a wide range of applications. Consequently, the company must be vigilant about safely enabling applications and preventing cyberattacks from threatening its internal network assets, as well as those of its customers. In an increasingly complex threat landscape, Sielte's customers were requesting managed security services as part of Sielte's cloud offering. After realizing a legacy approach couldn’t provide sufficient protection against today’s sophisticated threats, the company took quick action to find a next-generation security platform that not only supported its internal security needs but also provided a flexible, cost-effective way to deliver managed security services.
With the Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Security Platform, Sielte can now proactively detect and avert cyberattacks, including emerging unknown threats. Importantly, Sielte successfully blocks cyberthreats while increasing network performance by 150 percent over its previous firewall with 50 percent of available bandwidth to spare for future growth. This enabled greater throughput to support the highest number of concurrent user sessions, paving the way for Sielte to build its managed security services business and expand its revenue opportunities as a partner of Palo Alto Networks.
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- “The Palo Alto Networks platform showed real advantages in detecting and averting cyberattacks. It clearly provided better network visibility with coordinated statistics that would enable us to effectively prevent threats from compromising our network. We were convinced the Palo Alto Networks platform was the right choice for Sielte and our customers.” − Dr. Salvo Rosa, CSO, Sielte SpA
Sielte chose the Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Platform after conducting an exhaustive proof of concept (POC). During the POC the platform detected an active cyberattack on Sielte's network, demonstrating Palo Alto Networks advanced levels of network visibility and prevention capabilities. The Palo Alto Networks platform is currently deployed as an Internet gateway in Sielte's Catania, Italy data center.
About Sielte SpA
Sielte is a diversified engineering, design, building and maintenance company operating in telecommunications, technology systems for transportation and infrastructure, energy systems, and oil & gas plants. Founded in 1925 with the mission of installing new telephone networks in Italy, Sielte has grown to become an international technology service provider with 2,500 employees across 20 facilities in Italy and seven offices abroad. For more information please visit www.sielte.it.
About Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks is the next-generation security company, leading a new era in cybersecurity by safely enabling applications and preventing cyber breaches for tens of thousands of organizations worldwide. Built with an innovative approach and highly differentiated cyberthreat prevention capabilities, our game-changing security platform delivers security far superior to legacy or point products, safely enables daily business operations, and protects an organization’s most valuable assets. Find out more at www.paloaltonetworks.com.
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